John Krasinski & Janelle Monae Get Honored at Smithsonian Mag's American Ingenuity Awards!

John Krasinski is dapper as he hits the red carpet at the Smithsonian Magazine’s 2018 American Ingenuity Awards held at the National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday (December 05) in Washington, DC.

The 39-year-old A Quiet Place actor-writer-director was joined at the event by fellow honorees Janelle Monae and John Leguizamo.

Deemed “the Golden Globes of Intellect,” the American Ingenuity Awards honor individuals who are transforming American culture across nine wide-ranging categories: Education, History, Life Sciences, Performing Arts, Physical Sciences, Social Progress, Technology, Visual Arts and Youth.

Krasinski got honored for Visual Arts, Monae for Performing Arts and Leguizamo for History.